Radon concentrations in abandoned mines, Cumbria, UK: safety implications for industrial archaeologists

This paper presents a number of surveys performed in a geographical area of the UK, part of which until recently was considered low radon risk. The Cumbrian region was identified by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) in its 1999 guide as an area without a significant radon problem in the buil...

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Main Authors: G. Gillmore, H. Alizadeh Gharib, A. Denman, P. Phillips, D. Bridge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-05-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1311/2011/nhess-11-1311-2011.pdf